The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on the 20th that it hosted the 2025 mid-sized enterprise innovation conference at the Westin Josun Hotel in Seoul. The conference is an annual event held during Mid-sized Enterprise Week (the third week of November) and marked its ninth year.
The event will be attended by Kim Seong-yeol, Director General for Industrial Policy at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Min Byung-joo, president of the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT), Lee Si-wook, president of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), and James Kim, head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM). About 200 mid-sized businesspeople and experts from academia, industry, and research will also participate.
This year's conference will feature a keynote speech, a panel discussion, and thematic lectures under the theme of strategies for mid-sized enterprises in a rapidly changing global trade environment. In particular, keynote speaker Lee Si-wook will present the direction of Korea's trade policy and strategic options for mid-sized enterprises based on an assessment of structural changes such as shifts in U.S. tariff policy and future outlook, the trajectory of U.S.-China hegemonic competition, and structural changes including digital transformation, geopolitical risk, and population aging.
Deputy Minister Kim Seong-yeol said, "The growth of corporations is the very growth of the national economy," adding, "The government will spare no support so that our mid-sized enterprises can achieve repeated growth and ensure that the results are fairly shared among businesspeople and workers, and ultimately across the national economy."